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Before: After: Right now it’s just got 2 amanos but I have an order of Orange neos coming in soon

Alright here’s a bit of an update I want to share. I’m still at a complete loss right now because I just tested the cup of tap water I placed out yesterday, another cup I placed out but with the liquid ferts I use in it and my tank Normal tap: max blue Tap with ferts: max blue Tank: 6.6 ph My...

It’s definitely possible to do this with fish, unless you already have someone who can take them until the tank is done cycling then that’s probably the safest thing to do. First thing to figure out is what’s going on with your testing because there’s obviously something wrong in the water if...

My ramshorns are completely unbothered and even laying eggs and my plants are all doing great besides one Anubias that started melting a little. I was reading up on gas pockets that form in the substrate and it seems like it only turns into a dangerous sulfuric pocket if you have crazy deep...

Hi welcome! First off I just want to let you know that unfortunately your tank likely isn’t cycled. I can’t say for certain without seeing a picture but the cloudy water is almost 99% likely a bacterial bloom which is common in new tanks while your beneficial bacteria is establishing. The...

Thanks so much for all the help! I just retested kh and got the same results. Since my water change around 3 hours ago the ph has been stable at 6.8 and I’ve tested it like 5 times since then lol. I’m tempted to do another water change and see if it goes up to above 7 then test again in the...

Yeah it’s definitely weird. I’m 99% sure I’m doing the tests right but it might be like 5.5 kh realistically because the color slightly turned on the 5th drop and fully turned on the 6th. I guess I’ll just have to keep an eye on it and see how it changes

I’m not gonna lie I never took chemistry so I don’t get half of the terms you just used. So I get that the ph raise is going to be temporary but when it goes back down will it drop below the original ph and that’s why the ph is so low?

I’m most likely over decholorinating. I’m using api water conditioner. I’ve been using this same brand for a few years and I haven’t noticed it doing anything like this before but that seems like the only plausible answer on why it’s so different. But even if that’s the case I still don’t...

I put out a glass and dechloinated the water but here’s where things get a little weird. I just tested normal ph and high range ph from the dechlorinated cup and straight from the tap. I feel like I should trust the dechlorinated one more but I don’t know why they’re varying so much Left side...

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Thanks! I just did a 35% ish water change and the color is barely a tinge more blue than it was so that’s a little weird. Just tested my kh and it’s 6, I lost my conversion thing the test kit came with so I don’t know what that is in ppm though Edit: kh is 6 for both tank and tap

Hey everyone, Ive been out of the fish game for a while and im just getting back into it so i probably used to know this but im gonna need a little help remembering/figuring out what’s going on. So I’ve setup a small 5.5 gallon tank that’s going to be for neocardina shrimp soon, and it’s done...

Cherry shrimp pic I took today

My best advice is unless you are keeping a fish that is a super well known “look at it wrong and it dies” type of fish then stability is much more important than perfect ph. There are exceptions to this though don’t go getting whatever fish you want that needs a ph of 8 and you have 6.5. I’d...

It will keep dissolving raising your ph for a long time. I’m not sure if the amount you have will do it but at most your ph will cap out at around 8.0-8.2. If you’re concerned about overshooting don’t be. I have plenty of snails in my tank at 8.2 ph and they’re happy and healthy. There are some...

Yeah that makes sense. I can’t find much info about this so idk if you’ve done it but how long do you think it should take before the co2 dissipates? I’m planning on doing a 50% water change after. Should I do that or maybe a 100%?

I just found a few scuds in my cycling shrimp tank. I want to get rid of them as fast as possible without tearing my tank down. I’ve read about the seltzer water trick that will choke them out and kill them fast. But I was wondering will this also kill my beneficial bacteria crashing my almost...

I’ve asked around a few other places and can’t seem to get a straight answer so I thought I’d come ask here. I have a 5 gallon tank cycling right now that I’m intending to put neocardina shrimp in. Some people have told me that my gh is too high and ph too high but some have said it will be ok...

I definitely wouldn’t do that, IF it is a parasite it would be best to treat the tank because chances are it’s already started to spread